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SUPER-HI TIDE WONT STOP SHOOTOUT
- Damaging super-hi equinox tides occured on 19/20 March 07. Here's an update from Gypsea Centre
"The south dune took a bad hammering and we lost the southern access ramp as well as all the dune in front of the main ablution block which is also condemned and will have to be rebuilt. Both Coral Divers and Amorays permanent gazebo structures were completely destroyed.
Good news is that the dive industry pooled all of our resources and had the rubble and mess cleaned up by yesterday. Diving is back on track although the viz is still under 10 metres but recovering quickly. 
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 !!SHOOTOUT 2008!!
DATES:21st-24th May 2008
On-line Entries Open at the end of Feb. Entry Fee will be R400 incl T-shirt. Watch out for Sponsor News from...
 SHOOTOUT 2007
Its all about the bike!
Well kinda. This year skill levels felll away, but you entered according to how sexy your camera was.
 - To fall in line with international standards, there was no distinguishing between slide and digital images. Slide photographers had their selected slides scanned so that all submissions are digital.
- Slide photographers were allowed to SHOOT as many rolls of film as they like, although only 4 rolls were processed. 
RULES & ON-LINE ENTRY on INFO PAGE
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Shootout 2007 Stills Judges!
Commitee's on the ball this year! Judges for stills this year are:
Peter Pinnock
Click for bio
Peter is a well-known pro. He judged Shootout in 2001, 2002 + 2003.
Fiona Ayerst
Fiona Ayerst - click for bio
Fiona is a professional who teaches underwater photography.  She won the advanced category of Shootout in 2002 and 2005
Anthony Grote
Anthony Grote - click for bio
Last Shootout Anthony won just about everything! He calls himself semi-professional, but is a much published under-water photographer. 
The Judge Convener is Anne d'Oliviera. More info coming soon! 
Shootout 2007 Video Judges
Gordon Hiles - click for bio
Video Judge Convener, Gordon Hiles (pictured above) of Seacam Films 
has gathered this experienced group to judge Sodwana Shootout 2007 Video: Alethea Lindsay - click for bio
Alethea Lindsay - Specialises in documentaries.
Pierre Minnie - click for bio
Pierre Minnie - He's worked as a cameraman since the eighties and now also lectures on the subject. Mike Wood - click for bio
Mike Wood is an experienced UW Cameraman.
Shootout 2007 Winners Pages ready and fascinating to see.... 
As you go through these pretty pages, just close them to return here.

OVERALL WINNER (below)
Photographer:Mark Smith OVERALL WINNER
OPEN
Traditional Macro
Traditional Wide Angle
Unrestricted Macro
Unrestricted Wide Angle
Creative
Conservation
DIGITAL COMPACT:
Macro with Ambient Light
Macro with Strobe
Wide Angle Ambient
Wide Angle with Strobe
Video First Places
Music Video - Donna Dawson
Underwater Montage - Bryan Carstens
Entry Level - Debra Westcott  
 Who Won What Click to view PDF doc of prizes awarded to each winner and who the sponors were
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